Governments Worldwide Raise Acceptable Radiation Levels Based Upon Politics … Not Science
Instead of Protecting People, Governments Cover Up by Raising “Safe” Radiation Levels American and Canadian authorities have virtually stopped monitoring airborne radiation. Neither American nor Canadian authorities are testing fish for radioactivity. Does that mean that we don’t have to worry about radiation from Fukushima? It is a little hard to know, given that what...
Secondary Sources: Oil Demand, U.S. Oil Imports, Obama Policy
A roundup of economic news from around the Web.
Fukushima Cover Up Unravels: Too Much Radiation to Cover Up
“The Government Can No Longer Pull the Wool Over the Public’s Eyes” As I’ve pointed out since day one, the Japanese government and Tepco have covered up the extent of the radiation released by Fukushima and its health effects on the Japanese and others. See this and this. The New York Times notes: The government...
Fukushima Cover Up Unravels: Too Much Radiation to Cover Up
“The Government Can No Longer Pull the Wool Over the Public’s Eyes” As I’ve pointed out since day one, the Japanese government and Tepco have covered up the extent of the radiation released by Fukushima and its health effects on the Japanese and others. See this and this. The New York Times notes: The government...
Vital Signs: Oil, Natural Gas Prices Diverging
The price of a barrel of crude settled at $98.46 Friday, up 161% since the final full week of 2008, while the price of a million British thermal units of natural gas was at $2.343, down about 60%.
Vital Signs: Gas Prices Moving Back Up
The average price of a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. rose to $3.45 this week, increasing for the fourth straight week.
Activist Jana Partners Buys 5.5% Stake in Marathon Petroleum
Activist investor Jana Partners disclosed a 5.5% stake in Marathon Petroleum, a newly formed oil-refining company split from Marathon Oil. The two-month spate of stock-and-options purchases amounted to $636 million, and appears to make Jana Partners the largest shareholder in Marathon Petroleum.
Frontline: Nuclear Aftershock (full video)
January 17, 2012 FRONTLINE travels to three continents to explore the debate about nuclear power: Is it safe? What are the alternatives? And could a Fukushima-style disaster happen in the U.S.? Watch Nuclear Aftershocks on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE. January 17, 2012, 11:37 pmMap: U.S. Nuclear Power Plants January 17, 2012, 9:29 pmDid Fukushima...
Here’s What You’re Paying for in a Gallon of Gas
Very informative graphic from the E.I.A. on what we’re paying for at the pump. Note the loss in refining. See our post, U.S. Gasoline Consumption Tanks in 2011, illustrating the collapse in gasoline consumption in 2011.
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Vitals Signs: Oil Prices Moving Up
Nymex crude settled at $101.81 a barrel Thursday, down $1.41 from the previous day, but that’s more than $26 higher than the levels seen early in October.
End of Corn Ethanol?
I listed these two articles in the morning reads, but I am so delighted over this that I had to make sure you did not miss this: Congress has apparently failed to extend the corn ethanol subsidy, a terrible energy idea that has subsidized the burning of food/corn for 30-years. It is unclear whether this...
